Mechanism for packaging labels and the like.



C. JORDAN, IVIECHANISM FOR PACKAGING LABELS AND THE LIKE.

APPLICATION FILED NOV. I4, |916.

Patented J une 26, 1917.

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CORNELIUS JORDAN, OF WEEHAWKEN, NEW JERSEY, ASSIGNOR TO E. H. KLUGE WEAVING- COMPANY,.OF NEW YORK, N. Y., A CORPORATION 0F NEW YORK.

MECHANISIVI FOR PACKAGING LABELS AND THE LIKE.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented June 26, 1917.

Application filed November 14, 1916. Serial No. 131,324.

To all whom t may concern:

Be it kno-wn that I, CORNELIUS JORDAN, citizen of the United States, residing at Weehawken, in the county of Hudson and State of New Jersey, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Mechanism for Packaging Labels and the like, of which the following is a specification.

Machines are in use for cutting off froml The object of this invention is to providev means whereby the labels (or it may be other flat articles of manufacture) may be one after another, as delivered by the forming machine, formed into an orderly pack, the same being designed in the adaptation of the invention herein shown and described by way of example as an attachment to a machine whose final operationis to pass the labels or other pieces of material between Y revolving rolls.

In the accompanying drawings,

Figure l is a plan of the mechanism, show ing so much of the machine to which it forms 'an attachment as includes the said rolls and a certain cam-shaft;

Fig. 2 is a side elevation, partly in section, of what appears in Fig. 1;

Fig. 3 is a plan, on a larger scale, of thek mid-portion of said mechanism;

Fig. fl is a longitudinal sectional view of.

what appears in Fig. 3;

Fig. 5 is a sectional view on line 5-5 of' Fig. 2;

Figs. 6 and 7 are sectional views on lines 6-6 and 7p-7 of Fig. 4:; and,

Fig. 8 is a perspective View of the carton.

The cutting and folding machine c has the rolls o b for creasing into permanent form the suitably bent back ends of the labels (A, Fig. 6) journaled on horizontal axes, the camfarrying shaft c journaled,

parallel with the rolls, and the two-armed lever cZ-e, one arm CZ of which bears against the cam on said shaft c. The rolls are formed with shallow peripheral grooves b. The shaft and rolls are geared together by suitable means (not. shown).

A work-support f, secured at one end to the machine a and having a supporting leg g at its outer end, has on the top face thereof (it being a plate in the present instance) lateral gage members z, laterally adjustable and an end gage member 'z' longitudinally adjustable. rihese receive between them, as shown, the outer carton member B of, a carton (Fig. 8) whose inner member C is telescoped into the member B and has one end closed and the other open, member B having a closable iap C. At the outset of forming a pack of the labels the inner member C protrudes for nearly its whole length from the outer member B (Fig. 4l), resting on the work-support.

A frame for the parts operating to advance the pieces of material into position for packing and for thereupon exerting the packing thrust thereon is arranged above the work-support. It comprises two side strips j attached to angle-irons 7c on the machine a by bolts Z and rigidly connected at their outer ends by the cross-strip m and at suitable intervals between their ends by the cross-pieces a a; the boltsy penetrate slots 0, and upon loosening them the frame may be adjusted longitudinally, or up and down pivotally. The pivotal adjustmentof the frame, to vary the elevation of its outer end with reference to the work-support, is effected by adjusting the screws g after releasing other screws r (Figs. 2 and l), screws g -being tapped into a cro-ss-plate s (attached to the work-support) and bearing against the foot-pieces t (attached to the frame strip j) and screws r being tapped into the 'cross-plate and penetrating slots u extending longitudinally of the frame.

The said frame supports a horizontali peripherally grooved roller o at its outer end, the arbor ,w for the roller having its ends fitted in bushings m set in upwardly open recesses y in the strips A taut continuous apron or belt e extends around the lower roll b vand the roller 0, reposing in the grooves thereof and being of such thickness that its outer face is flush with the surfaces of roller w both sldes of its groove,- .A .striplll) per, consisting of a plate 2 depending tangentially from the front side of the roller and having its ends 3 bent olf and extended between the ends of the roller and the bushings, is secured in pla-ce with its upper edge in close proximity to the roller and the belt by having its said ends 3 penetrated by the arbor w and one (or each) of them also penetrated by a screw 4 tapped into one (or each) of the strips The belt can be tightened by the longitudinal adjustment afforded the frame by the slots 0. The mounting of the bushings a' is such, as will be obvious, as to permit the roller to be readily unshipped.

Against the face of the cross strip m adjoining roller v there are secured, by the horizontal slot-and-screw means 5 shown in Fig. 7, a pair of cheek pieces 6 which have depending plates 7. The check pieces, by virtue of the means 5, are adjusted so that their plates 7 will form guides for the inner carton member C which, as will be explained, is advanced into the outer carton member D as the packing proceeds; their upper ends are rounded at the inside, as at 8, Fig. 7. A block 9 is also secured to the cross-strip m against the face thereof adjoining the roller, being between the cheek pieces. The cheek pieces, the stripper 2 and block l9 in effect' form a downwardly delivering chute through which the labels, lying atwise on the belt as they are carried thereby from the rolls Z9 b, are delivered edgewise toward the work-support. For a reason to be explained, the face of the block which adjoins the roller v is beveled upwardly and forwardly.

10 is a plunger whose stem l1 is arranged j to reciprocate horizontally in the cross pieces n n, being kept from turning by a crosshead 12 secured on said stem and bearing against the strips the plunger is normally held with its rear end bearing against the arm e of the lever Z2 by spring 14 interposed between the cross-head 12 and the relatively outer cross-piece n. The front face of the plunger is beveled upwardly and rearwardly. The backward thrust of the plunger under pressure of its spring is limited by a collar 15 on its stem so that when fully back the beveled face of the plunger is a trifle back of the beveled face of the block 9. The plunger being timed to assume its backward limit on each downward delivery of a label from the chute, the bevel of block 9 assures the label "being deflected rearwardly to come edgewise against the bevel face of the plunger and then deflected by the beveled face of the latter to come to rest lying flatwise against said bevel face of the plunger and edgewise with reference to the worksupport; this, while not indispensable, is important in fthe handling of material of so lighta character as labels and the like, in

that it contributes to their proper placement in upstanding relation ahead of the plunger.

A retainer device in the form of a plate 16 pivotally suspended from the cross-strip m so that it normally stands in an almost horizontal position (Fig. 2), its rear edge in proximity to the retracted plunger, serves as will appear to prevent each label when delivered from the chute from possibly falling forward instead of remaining edgewise and also to support the pack of labels at the back thereof during the back strokes of the plunger. When the plunger advances it is pushed out of the way thereby, swinging into the position shown by full lines in Fig. 4.

Operation: lVlien the carton members B and C have been positioned for beginning the packing operation as already stated, carton member C, standing then considerably withdrawn from carton member B, has the plunger 10 in telescoped relation thereto. The thrusts of the plunger are timed with reference to the feeding of Athe labels, which come at substantially regular intervals from the rolls Z) so that the beveled face of the plunger is in about the dotted line position of Fig. l when each label is delivered downwardly from the chute into the carton member C. Owing to the beveling of the faces of block 9 and the plunger as a rule each label when delivered will stand edgewise in the box somewhat canted against the beveled face of the plun ger; should it happen to tilt the other way,

the retainer device 16 will prevent it from falling flat, in which position it would of course be crumpled up when the plunger performs its pack-ing thrust and necessitate interruption of the packing operation for the purpose of removing it. On delivery of each label the plungerperforms its packing thrust, advancing the label toward the closed end C of the carton member -C which in effect forms a pack-abutment yielding to the plunger; for it will vbe observed that on each packing thrust the carton member C is ad-V vanced into carton member B, such advance continuing step by step until, the limit of capacity of member 'C having been reached, said member is completely sheathed vby member B, whereupon the operation being stopped by arresting machine a; and 'henceits cam-shaft c, the carton is removed and an empty one substituted. Each time the plunger retreats, the retainer-device 16 falls in-to the position shown -in Fig. 2, thus supporting the pack at the back and serving to prevent the possible tilting forward of the next label to be'delivered downwardly from the chute, as explained.

The mechanism is adapted to suit labels 'of different lengths by adjusting the cheekpieces 6 to alter` the space between them-in the present instance by setting them apart so that the carton member C will just lit Il O between the plates 7. The frame which supports the roller o and the plunger, being a part of the main frame structure of the mechanism, is adjustable, as explained, up and down (around bolts Z as an axis) to center the plunger with reference to the pack whatever the width, i. e., vertical dimension, of the labels.

Having thus fully described my invention, what I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent is l. A mechanism for packing already separated pieces of sheet material including, in combination, a frame structure, means to pack the pieces of material including a plunger movable back and forth substantially horizontally, a downwardly delivering chute arranged over the path of movement of the plunger and having a rearwardly facing forwardly and upwardly inclined feed surface disposed forward of the forward face of the plunger when the latter is at its rearward limit, and means to deliver the pieces each edgewise against said side of the chute.

2. A mechanism for packin already separated pieces of sheet materia including, in combination, a frame structure, means to pack the pieces of material including a plunger movable back and forth substantially horizontally, a downwardly delivering chute arranged over the path of movement of the plunger and having a rearwardly facing forwardly and upwardly inclined feed surface disposed forward of the forward face of the plunger when the latter is at its rearward limit, and means to deliver the pieces each edgewise against said side of the chute, said plunger' having its forward face inclined upwardly and rearwardly.

3. In combination, a frame structure including a substantially horizontal work-support, means to advance the pieces of material successively first edgewise substantially horizontally and above the support and then edgewise downwardly thereto, and means to thereupon move each piece flat- Copies of this patent may be obtained for ve cents each, by addressing the wise in a given direction over the support to thus form a pack of the pieces.

4. In combination, a frame structure including a substantially horizontal worksupport, and means arranged over and adjustable toward and from the work-support for assembling the pieces of material in a pack including means to move each piece liatwise in a given direction over the support to thus form the pack and means to feed the pieces successively edgewise into the control of the second-named means.

5. In combination, a frame structure, means to pack the pieces of material having a substantially horizontal packing thrust, and means to forward the pieces successively over the first means and substantially longitudinally of, and then edgewise into, its line of packing thrust.

6. In combination, a frame structure, means to pack the pieces of material having a substantially horizontal packing thrust, and means to forward the pieces edgewise successively over the first means and substantially longitudinally of, and then edgewise into, its line of packing thrust.

7. In combination, with the coacting rolls b o of a folding machine, means to advance therefrom and thereupon pack the pieces of material passing between said rolls including an endless belt extending around and driven by one of said rolls.

8. In combination, with a work-support and with means to deliver the pieces of material edgewise substantially horizontally, means, arranged over said support and pivotally adjustable toward and from the same on an axisnear said delivery means, for advancing the pieces of material from the delivery means and delivering them edgewise to the support and for thereupon moving each piece liatwise in a given direction over the support to form the pack.

In testimony whereof I aiiiX my signature.

CORNELIUS JORDAN.

Commissioner of Patents,

Washington, D. C. 

